Teen abducted by Uber driver for ‘quick sex’ outwits him with her cellphone
ASSOCIATED PRESS / OCT. 2015
In this file photo, the Uber app is used in New York.
MINNEAPOLIS » A teenage girl outwitted an ill-intentioned Uber driver thanks to her text messages from his car and a cellphone photo that alerted West St. Paul police to her peril.
The officer arrived in time to thwart a likely rape by a man with a “large amount” of condoms, according to the criminal complaint filed Wednesday in Dakota County District Court.
Dahir A. Aden, 50, appeared in court on a charge of false imprisonment. Aden remains free pending a November court appearance. A man who answered the phone at his home today declined to comment about the case.
According to the criminal complaint:
The girl, whose precise age was not disclosed by authorities, said that on Aug. 4 the Uber driver picked her up at her north Minneapolis home and later stopped to pick up a friend or hers who was driven to his job in south Minneapolis. The girl wanted to be returned home, but the driver refused.
She saw the driver was on a highway and asked where they were going. Aden said they were heading to his apartment for sex. The girl demanded Aden take her home, but he refused and kept heading toward his residence in West St. Paul.
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As they drew closer to the driver’s apartment, the girl sent messages to a friend that she needed the police.
When Aden and the girl arrived outside the apartment complex, he repeatedly told her, “Go inside, go inside to have quick sex.” The girl said no and exited the car.
While Aden was trying to grab the girl’s phone, she called her friend and said to come get her. She told her friend the driver wanted her to come inside and have sex. The friend pleaded with her to not go in the apartment and that he was calling police.
Not knowing where she was, the girl photographed the car and the address, and sent that to her friend.
An officer arrived, and Aden said the girl was his girlfriend but then said she wasn’t. He also had difficulty explaining why he was in West St. Paul, when the girl wanted to go Minneapolis. The officer “located a large amount of condoms on Aden’s person,” the complaint read.
Court records for Aden show offenses in Minnesota no more serious than parking and minor traffic violations.
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©2016 Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
10 responses to “Teen abducted by Uber driver for ‘quick sex’ outwits him with her cellphone”
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don’t waste time calling friends or family in an emergency, especially if you don’t know where you are.
dial 911, tell the operator what is happening. describe the suspect, the car, whatever you can.
your location pops up automatically on any 911 call and the dispatcher can direct the police to your location.
Only if the local 911 service has the ability to track cell phones. Not all do.
Honolulu does.
most metropolitan areas and surrounding suburbs are enhanced 911 capable.
people need to call 911 first before calling family or friends in a kidnapping or similar emergency.
If you haven’t noticed, the girl was in the perp’s car. Making a call may have made the situation worse. She was basically a kidnap victim at that point. A text was more discreet and may have saved her life. She could have texted her friend to call 911 and then discreetly dialed 911 and left her phone on while conversing with the perp so that the person on the other end of the line can listen in on what is going on. At some point the situation would have been obvious. Kudos to the girl for her quick thinking.
I’m sure “Dahir” will sue the girl for cultural insensitivity.
The courts will release him within hours. The next girl will not be so lucky as he is now wiser and will become bolder.
You’re assuming Uber will continue to authorize him as a driver.
I am assuming he is a sexual predator.
Well, she should not be using Uber in the first place. This is almost like hitch hiking. Stupid choices results in bad consequences.